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65) March 8. In Dunlap's field, to immediate right of R.R. about 100 yds. from from cattle-guard at N. end, found on top of bank a Q. discolor covered with the gall Q. brassica. Also noticed the cottonwood there covered with the [[underline]] vagabunda [[/underline]] gall [no new ones [[diy?]] 1. 1868] [[line]] Catkins open some [[underline]] Q. globulus [[/underline]] galls gathered fall of 1866. found a horny cynip. larva in the central cell of 2 of them. [[line]] x| March 31. The apple-twigs soaped Nov. 1866 now have plenty of scales containing sound white eggs, some of which are loose & scatter out when the scale is lifted. [[line]] Cankerworm in Dane Co. Wisc. (Madison) from I. Y. Smith, specimens [[male symbol, female symbol]] recd. April 10th. [[line]] April 13. ^ [[insertion]] Pseudo- [[/insertion]] [[underline]] Coccus ? Azaleae [[/underline]] n. sp. Mature [[female symbol]], just beginning to lay eggs. Length .09 inch, 1/2 longer than wide, [[image]] side view, [[image]] back view; segments distinct, thor. segments much the largest. Legs 6, wide apart. Rostrum distinct, with a distinct long seta sometimes protruded from it. Color Lake red, or Carmine blood-red. Eggs (but few yet laid) small, oval, 1 3/4 times as long as wide, pale lake red: [[female symbol]] covered above with a ^ [[insertion]] thing papery [[/insertion]] milk-white envelop, rougher & more cottony outside, smoother & more paper-like inside. General shape of envelope, nearly that of [[female symbol]] but rather more rounded at the ends. From W. C Flagg, on Azalea. [[end page]] [[start page]] 66) one specimen distinctly alive, moving one of its legs repeatedly. Very like Westwood's figure of [[female symbol]] [[underline]] Pseudococcus. [[/underline]] [[line]] xx| ([[?]]. II. p. 443, fig. 9) On May 17, this specm. having been gummed on a card, "naked" as recorded on label, had exuded flossy cotton from all parts of its body. [[line]] April 16. Holcomb says "finds [[underline]] Phytocoris tinearis" [[/underline]] (specm. sent) "on Pear blossoms & on White flowers in the garden. Mrs. H. says they are a plague to her all through the summer. Mr. Rice says they are destructive to Grapes. "I have today found 2 Curculios under some rough bark on a Pear tree." (see also p. 68 xx) [[line]] April 20. Yellow Bell-flower tree. Paid all the worst limbs with Benzine. & the following labeled limbs as follows; to their tips from the label-string. No. 1. Kerosene 2. Benzine 3. Linseed oil (+ 2 bottom boughs on E end of NE espalier 4. ___________ + tar (1/2 & 1/2 - mix well 5. Lard 6. Benzine & tar (mix badly 1/2 & 1/2 8. Soft soap. (Soap won't mix with kerosene, nor will water, even with Carb. Potash.) 5&8 Put on with my hands; the rest with a sash-brush. Dashed a wash-boiler-full of hot water (nearly boiling) by dippersful over espalier W of Yellow Bellflr, mostly on E [[?]] of the Espalier. A pretty warm day. [[end page]]